Risk News

Risk News

U.S. bank shares fell for a third straight session on Monday as investor appetite for risk weakened on worries that a currency crisis in Turkey would spread to other countries.
Newsmax. Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:47:30 EDT.

Bitcoin briefly fell below $8,000 on Monday as investors scaled back their exposure to cryptocurrenices, after a sell-off in shares of technology and internet companies spilled over into other risky assets.
Reuters. Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:42:29 -0400.

The European Investment Bank would put its global operations at risk by investing in Iran, its president said on Wednesday, the most public rejection yet of an EU plan to help save a nuclear deal with Tehran that Washington has abandoned.
Reuters. Wed, 18 Jul 2018 07:50:01 -0400.

The president of OPEC urged Canada on Tuesday to invest in infrastructure to move oil and gas, or risk watching investment flow away to the United States. ...
Voice of America. Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:24:41 -0400.

A hedge fund is designed to minimize exposure to market risk and thereby boost investment returns. To do that, hedge fund managers employ a number of counterbalancing techniques.
http://www.investmentcompanies.us/hedge-funds.htm

Risk Definition(s)

The word risk is a noun. Risk means (1) a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury, (2) the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent, (3) the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred, (4) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune.

Risk is also a verb that means (1) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome, (2) expose to a chance of loss or damage.